London based Jessica Blake is an emerging
country/pop artist whose debut album Take
Your Time gets her career off
to a promising start.The album is
marked by clean (but not too polished) production and clear vocals
throughout.

Oh Susannah
is a bouncy country bop that starts the album in fine fashion. Thank
You For
the Ride also rollicks along with a positive vibe as Blake sings
“Thank you
for the ride/you know I had a good time/by your side.” In Got To
Believe,
Blake keeps her cheery disposition with a chorus of “Got to believe/the
sun is
shining.”

That consistently sunny
out look fits well
with the pop side of Blake’s work, but is a sticking point, albeit a
minor one.
As country music often is based on the blues, hopefully Blake will
continue to
grow as an artist and cover darker themes on her next effort.